GILDED FLESH: coffins and afterlife in ancient egypt
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Egyptian coffins stand out in museum collections for their lively and radiant appearance. As a container of the mummy, coffins played a key role by protecting the body and, at the same time, integrating the deceased in the afterlife. The paramount importance of these objects and…
This discussion will be centered on one ubiquitous and rather simple Egyptian object type - the wooden container for the human corpse. We will focus on the entire 'lifespan' of the coffin - how they were created, who bought them, how they were used in funerary rituals, where the…
This discussion will be centered on one ubiquitous and rather simple Egyptian object type -- the wooden container for the human corpse. We will focus on the entire "lifespan" of the coffin -- how they were created, who bought them, how they were used in funerary rituals, where t…
This discussion will be centered on one ubiquitous and rather simple Egyptian object type - the wooden container for the human corpse. We will focus on the entire 'lifespan' of the coffin - how they were created, who bought them, how they were used in funerary rituals, where the…
Ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Typology -- ch. 3. Children's hardware -- ch. 4. Coffins as artifacts -- ch. 5. Safety and security systems -- ch. 6. Antecedents -- ch. 7. Birth of the domestic industry -- ch. 8. Motifs -- ch. 9. Social factors -- ch. 10. Conclusion.
"Using data from archaeological excavations, patent filings, and marketing catalogs, this book provides a broad view of the introduction, spread, and use of mass-produced coffin hardware in North America. At the book's heart is a standardized typology of coffin hardware that rec…
